Plane Talk 08-03-14

Published 12:34 pm, Friday, August 1, 2014

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FRIDAY: Roger Horan flew in from Rockport for fuel, pick up friends, then flew to Lubbock, Juarez and Lake Novilla, Mexico, in his Bellanca Viking. Jeff Church and son flew in from Lubbock for fuel, then flew back to Lubbock in their Experimental RV-6. Brian Peoples flew in from Colorado Springs, Colo., for fuel, then headed to Wharton in his Cessna 210 Centurion. Whitney Boggs and friends flew in from Shreveport, La., for fuel, then flew to Santa Fe, N.M., in his Aerostar. Randy Northcutt flew in from Shreveport, La., for fuel and lunch, then continued to Moriarty, N.M., in his Cirrus SR-22. GTU Aircraft Rental flew in from Georgetown, and later flew to Hart in a Piper Cherokee. Tubular Products of Texas, Inc. flew in from Heber City, Utah, for fuel, then flew on home to Houston in their Piper Lance. RCF Aviation LLC, flew in from Gunnison, Colo., for fuel, then flew to Houston in their Maule 7.

SATURDAY: Steve Goree's Beech 200 King Air prop jet flew in from Midland for fuel, pick up passengers, then flew to Sherman/Dennison. A customer flew a Beech G-36TC Bonanza in to leave for maintenance. A customer flew his Cessna 182 Skylane for fuel, and to pick up the Bonanza pilot, then flew back out. Peter Rauch flew in from Austin for fuel, then flew to Taos, N.M., in his Cessna 206 Stationair. A customer flew in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk for fuel, then flew back out ferrying the aircraft for another customer.

SUNDAY: Ronnie Robbins flew locally in his Piper Supercruiser. A customer flew in from Hart for fuel, then flew to Georgetown in a Piper Cherokee. David Griffin flew in from Monterey, Calif., for a quick turn on fuel, then flew to Houston in his Socata TBM-850 prop jet. Gary Mayers flew in from Kansas for fuel, then flew to St. John's and Winslow, Ariz., in his Piper Comanche.

MONDAY: Tim Mitchell and son flew in from Floydada in the Cessna 205 to leave for annual inspection. A customer flew in from Albuquerque, N.M., for fuel, then to Florida in his diesel powered Piper Dakota. The U.S. Air Force flew in from Clovis, N.M., for some touch-and-goes, then back to Cannon AFB in their Pilatus PC-12 prop jet. Deer Horn Aviation flew in from Midland and Lubbock for some approaches, then back to Lubbock and Midland in their Beech 350 King Air prop jet. Allin Rodman flew in from Waco for fuel, then flew to Gunnison, Colo. ,in his Cessna 210 Centurion.

TUESDAY: Raj Horan flew his Turbine 602 Air Tractor prop jet in for a 100-hour inspection in our shop. Doug Osborn flew in from patrolling gas lines in a Cessna 182 Skylane for an overnight stay. A customer flew in from Bridgeport in his Aerostar. Bob Ballard flew to Lubbock and back in his Piper Cherokee 180.

WEDNESDAY: Doug Osborn departed in his Cessna 182 Skylane to patrol more gas lines. Johnny Gantt and Eric Wood and families flew in from Georgetown on business, and continued to Ruidoso, N.M., in a Beech 200 King Air prop jet. Roger Horan and friends flew in from Lake Novilla, Juarez, Mexico, and El Paso for fuel and lunch, then flew on home to Rockport in his Bellanca Viking. Bob Ballard flew in the local area in the Cessna 172 Skyhawk. Hub City Aviation flew in from Lubbock for some touch-and-goes, then back to Lubbock in their Piper Cherokee. Dr. David Wright flew locally in his Beech Bonanza. A customer flew in from Seminole to pick up Cody Williams for some dual instruction in the local area, and later flew back to Seminole in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk. Jerry McCabe flew in from Lubbock on business in his Bellanca Viking.

THURSDAY: Michael Costello flew in from Roanoke for fuel, then to Santa Fe, N.M., in his Cessna 180 Skywagon. A customer departed for Bridgeport in his Aerostar. John Keiser flew in from Santa Fe, N.M., in his Bellanca Viking to leave for maintenance, and his son flew in from Oshkosh, Wisc., and Salina, Kan., for fuel and to pick John up, then flew to Santa Fe in a Cirrus SR-22. A student flew locally in the Cessna 172 Skyhawk. A customer flew to Minden, Nev., in his Aerostar. Ronnie Robbins flew locally in his Piper Supercruiser. Charles Stair flew locally in his Bellanca Viking. Kevin Robbins and Cody Williams flew locally as Kevin got his tailwheel endorsement in the Piper Supercruiser. Congrats, Kevin.